"The invasion, which resulted in the abduction by Army Delta Force commandos of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, reportedly was the culmination of months of planning. A group of CIA officers, operating clandestinely since August in and around Caracas, gathered intelligence about Maduro's daily movements; meanwhile, the Trump administration manufactured increasing hostilities with Maduro's government, characterized by exaggerations about Venezuela's importance to international drug trade and a series of murderous extrajudicial attacks on defenseless boats in international waters."
"The new rules required journalists to sign a pledge not to release information gathered from reporting without the explicit approval of "an appropriate authorizing official." Reporters who refused to sign the pledge would lose credentialed access to the Pentagon. Credentialed access under these conditions-as was pointed out even on Fox News-would be of very little value, reducing professional journalists to administration spokespeople."
The United States launched an invasion of Venezuela called Operation Absolute Resolve and abducted President Nicolás Maduro. CIA officers operated clandestinely in and around Caracas since August to map Maduro's daily movements. The administration escalated hostilities by exaggerating Venezuela's role in international drug trafficking and conducting extrajudicial attacks on defenseless boats. A war force off Venezuela's coast waited for a suitable weather window and struck, ending the conflict in a single night. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instituted new rules requiring Pentagon reporters to sign a pledge to obtain approval before releasing reporting; dozens surrendered credentials in protest.
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